The conservation status of habitats of community interest is unfavourable or bad in the case of four-fifth of the total area. In the case of protected species, the negative rating affects about 60 percent of the species concerned. Between 2007 and 2013, conditions improved for both habitats and species (with a favourable status currently for 19.6 and 36.5 percent, respectively), the share of unknown condition was reduced - in fact to zero in the case of habitats.

It is, however, a fundamental problem that the majority of the areas are lacking the necessary management and conservation plans needed to achieve good ecological status, and the monitoring of habitats and species has practically not been implemented.